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Reading is an act of civilization; it’s one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities. Ben Okri Tavik Frantisek Simon - Vilma Reading on a Sofa, 1912.

This is very accurate

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another skin, another voice, another soul ~ Joyce Carol Oates

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world. Voltaire Johan Gudmundsen-Holmgreen - A Little Girl Reading, 1900.